Re: My computer responds like the Fn key is permanently 'on'

<magrat_garlick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:11:00 +0100, Echo S wrote
> (in article <#nRjS#CqFHA.1156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
>
> > "TOM ???" <TOM ???@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:97FAB064-6C63-4A31-96B9-24138312CB32@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Since this morning my pc is responding like the Fn key is permantly
being
> >> pressed. The only way to type is to press the Fn key. It is like the
> >> function of the key has been reversed.
> >
> > It may be stuck. Do you have another keyboard around you can try? If it
> > works okay, chances are you need to either clean your keyboard or get
> > another.
> >
> >
>
> Echo (I take it your mother had a thing about Greek goddesses...? Not that
> Echo was a goddess, depending on whether you read the Greek or Latin text,
> she was a nymph)

Nah, comes from a really early Warren Beatty movie -- All Fall Down. But my
mom's name is Cassandra, so the mythology connection works, too.

> the only time I've ever seen a Fn key was on a laptop - and
> it's going to be a helluva job at no modest expense to replace the
built-in
> keyboard. The OP should, as you suggested, just use an external board to
work
> around the problem.

I dunno how expensive it is to get a laptop keyboard fixed. I know I was
with Beth Melton once when she was having problems with her laptop keyboard
and correctly diagnosed a stuck ALT key. It may have still been under
warranty, but I don't remember her saying it cost an arm and a leg or
anything.

I guess it depends on the laptop in question. <shrug>

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


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